DGAP-Media / 13.01.2017 / 18:15 "AIXTRON's technology is a flagship for North Rhine-Westphalia as a place to do business" NRW's Economics Minister Garrelt Duin visits AIXTRON's headquarters and finds out more about trailblazing semiconductor technologies Herzogenrath/Germany, January 13, 2017 - Garrelt Duin, North Rhine Westphalia's Minister for Economic Affairs, Energy, Industry, SMEs and Trade, Ulla Schmidt, Vice-President of the German Bundestag, Christoph von den Driesch, Mayor of Herzogenrath, and Eva-Maria Voigt-Küppers and Karl Schultheis, both members of the NRW State Parliament, visited the headquarters of AIXTRON SE (FSE: AIXA), one of the world's leading manufacturers of deposition systems for the semiconductor industry, in Herzogenrath near Aachen on Friday. In talks with the Executive Board and the Works Council, the Minister informed himself about the company's current situation and its trailblazing semiconductor production technologies, such as MOCVD (Metal Organic Vapor Phase Deposition). These enable high-performance components to be manufactured for future and existing next-generation applications in entertainment electronics, e-mobility, data communications, and telecommunications. During their tour of the company, the politicians inspected the award-winning MOCVD system AIX G5+ C and the demonstration system for manufacturing organic LEDs. These play a key role in the production of OLED televisions, displays and new lighting solutions. Minister Duin was impressed by AIXTRON's technology and its approach to research and development. "North Rhine-Westphalia can be proud to be home to this key technology player. It is crucial for NRW and the Aachen region that companies with this degree of innovation should have the best possible conditions in which to develop. We will therefore uphold our efforts to sustainably boost NRW as a place to do business and safeguard our growth, jobs, and prosperity for the future as well." Martin Goetzeler, CEO of AIXTRON SE, welcomed the Minister's visit: "Our technology portfolio is facilitating the development of numerous future applications in electro-mobility, energy management, and data communications. We aim to develop these technologies further in future as well. To support the company's sustainable success, close liaison with political decision makers on all levels is indispensable, as is their backing for us." "We were delighted to meet Minister Duin and his colleagues on federal, state, and municipal levels today, to provide them with some insights into our forward-looking technologies, and enable them to form their own impression of our systems", commented Dr. Bernd Schulte, Executive Board member and Chief Operating Officer at AIXTRON SE. About AIXTRON AIXTRON SE is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Herzogenrath (near Aachen), Germany, with subsidiaries and sales offices in Asia, United States and in Europe. AIXTRON's technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials. Such components are used in a broad range of innovative applications, technologies and industries. These include LED applications, display technologies, data storage, data transmission, energy management and conversion, communication, signaling and lighting as well as a range of other leading- edge technologies. Our registered trademarks: AIXACT(R), AIXTRON(R), Atomic Level SolutionS(R), Close Coupled Showerhead(R), CRIUS(R), Gas Foil Rotation(R), Optacap(TM), OVPD(R), Planetary Reactor(R), PVPD(R), TriJet(R) For further information on AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6) please visit our website at: www.aixtron.com. Forward-Looking Statements This document may contain forward-looking statements regarding the business, results of operations, financial condition and earnings outlook of AIXTRON within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as "may", "will", "expect", "anticipate", "contemplate", "intend", "plan", "believe", "continue" and "estimate" and variations of such words or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on our current views and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Actual results and trends may differ materially from those reflected in our forward-looking statements. This could result from a variety of factors, such as actual customer orders received by AIXTRON, the level of demand for deposition technology in the market, the timing of final acceptance of products by customers, the condition of financial markets and access to financing for AIXTRON, general conditions in the market for deposition plants and macroeconomic conditions, cancellations, rescheduling or delays in product shipments, production capacity constraints, extended sales and qualification cycles, difficulties in the production process, the general development in the semi-conductor industry, increased competition, fluctuations in exchange rates, availability of public funding, fluctuations and/or changes in interest rates, delays in developing and marketing new products, a deterioration of the general economic situation and any other factors discussed in any reports or other announcements. Any forward-looking statements contained in this document are based on current expectations and projections of the executive board and on information currently available to it and are made as at the date hereof. AIXTRON undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless expressly required to do so by law. End of Media Release --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional features: Picture: http://newsfeed2.eqs.com/aixtron/536259.html Subtitle: Vertreter der Politik besuchen die AIXTRON Firmenzentrale: NRW-Wirtschaftsminister Garrelt Duin (4.v.l.) sowie die Abgeordneten Ulla Schmidt, MdB (5.v.l.); Karl Schultheis, MdL (6.v.l.); Eva-Maria Voigt-Küppers, MdL (7.v.l.) sowie Christoph von den Dries --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: AIXTRON SE Key word(s): Research/Technology 13.01.2017 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: AIXTRON SE Dornkaulstraße 2 52134 Herzogenrath Germany Phone: +49 (2407) 9030-0 Fax: +49 (2407) 9030-40 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.aixtron.com ISIN: DE000A0WMPJ6, US0096061041 WKN: A0WMPJ Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Nasdaq End of News DGAP Media --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 536259 13.01.2017